Pulling a 2005 342 up the ramp
johnep
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I bought the above boat and have ordered a 18000lb trailer for it. I will be using it primarily to get the boat off the dock a few times over the summer and winter storage. My concern is what I need to pull it up the boat ramp. I will only be traveling 50 yards or so. How do I come up with the type of the tow rig? Be it a 3/4 or 1 ton, diesel, large gas, 4X4 I would assume? Anyone been down this road???
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2018 Cherokee 39RL Land Yacht (Sorry...)
is that a 4x4
@Handymans342 Big red looks like big investment. What year?
they are BEASTS when properly configured- a simple tuner and exhaust can double the rated HP and bump TQ in the 40% range.
Ford and IH/NavStar parted ways through a legal dispute and Ford moved toward producing their own medium duty in the 6.7 Scorpion. It's a decent engine and strong enough.
All said, and though a dog compared to the common rail engines, the 7.3PSD(IH) is still one of the best medium duty diesels ever made, and easily comparable to a 6.0 12v Cummins in both concerns of lasting forever (properly cared for) and being extremely reliable.
one of the killer EPA mandates that even tuners can't resolve is the RPM requirements new diesels have to obtain in order to burn off particulates with the often strange filter and/or DEF introductions... these go to the core of the engine and would require a camshaft change to address... and the returns on that would be questionable as you'd be in no man's land insofar as support for tuning...
the inline offered by cummins is where it's at if simple TQ is your game. larger diameter pistons and longer stroke produce gobs of TQ. however, the sequential turbo's that surfaced with the 6.4PSD and the high pressure fuel pumps being delivered by piazzio injectors (opposed to HEUI used by both IH and Cummins after they moved from mechanical solenoid injectors- and producing up to 30k psi if demanded) work together to produce ridiculous power both in terms of twisties (TQ) as well as work (HP)... you can achieve similar numbers with a cummins that a 'worked' 6.4PSD can provide, but you'll be paying three to four times what it costs to get out of the PSD. And, you dramatically lose reliability. the real benefit of the sequential turbo's is the torque curve that enters just off idle speeds and lasts all the way through the rpm range. it flattens out around 1800rpm and holds until nearing 4k rpm... that is a 2k range of available tq, and something that is highly desirable.
my late 6.4PSD literally idled with more available TQ than the last BBC I had produced at peak.
but none of this is about power or torque. as Al said, this is ALL about gearing and traction. properly geared, a briggs and stratton on a heavy enough platform would pull that boat out- it would just take a long while and progress would be measured in mm's...
polishing the fuel is extremely important, especially with modern high pressure diesel fuel systems... ANY particulate or h2o can jack up a very expensive system... this thwarts that almost completely.